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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026

Festivals

76. Berlin International Film Festival (February 12-22, 2026)

Competition
HOME STORIES (ETWAS GANZ BESONDERES) by Eva Trobisch (Trimafilm, Komplizenfilm, if… Productions)
MY WIFE CRIES (MEINE FRAU WEINT) by Angela Schanelec (DE/FR, Blue Monticola)
ROSE by Markus Schleinzer (DE/AT, Walker+Worm, ROW Pictures)
ROSEBUSH PRUNING by Karim Aïnouz (IT/DE/ES/UK, The Match Factory)
YELLOW LETTERS (GELBE BRIEFE) by Ilker Çatak (DE/FR/TR, if…productions)

Perspectives
TRIAL OF HAIN (DER HEIMATLOSE) by Kai Stänicke (Tamtam Film, Lupa Film)
WHERE TO? by Assaf Machnes (IL/DE, Iconoclast Film)

Berlinale Special Gala
NO GOOD MEN by Shahrbanoo Sadat (DE/FR/NO/DK/AF, Adomeit Film, Amerikafilm) – OPENING FILM
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE by Gore Verbinski (Constantin Film)
THE BLOOD COUNTESS (DIE BLUTGRÄFIN) by Ulrike Ottinger (AT/LU/DE, Heimatfilm, Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion)
THE WEIGHT by Padraic McKinley (DE/US, Augenschein Filmproduktion, Construction Filmproduktion)
HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai (BE/NL/DE, Leitwolf Filmproduktion)

Berlinale Special Midnight
SLEEP NO MORE (MONSTER PABRIK RAMBUT) by Edwin (ID/SG/JP/DE/FR, In Good Company)

Berlinale Special Series
HOUSE OF YANG by Mia Spengler (WOOD WATER FILMS)

Panorama
ALLEGRO PASTELL by Anna Roller (Walker+Worm)
FOUR MINUS THREE (VIER MINUS DREI) by Adrian Goiginger (AT/DE, Giganten Film)
I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISPLEASURE (ICH VERSTEHE IHREN UNMUT) by Kilian Armando Friedrich (WennDann Film)
IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa (ES/DE/BE, Port au Prince Film & Kultur)
NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi (PY/DE/UY/BR/PT/ES/FR, Pandora Filmproduktion)
PROSECUTION (STAATSSCHUTZ) by Faraz Shariat (Jünglinge Film)
ROYA by Mahnaz Mohammadi (DE/LX/CZ/IR, PakFilm)
SAFE EXIT by Mohammed Hammad (EG/LY/TN/QA/DE, ODEH FILMS)
THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING by Sophie Heldman (DE/CH/UK, Heimatfilm)

Panorama Dokumente
AROUND PARADISE (IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES) by Yulia Lokshina (Trimafilm)
SIRI HUSTVEDT – DANCE AROUND THE SELF by Sabine Lidl (DE/CH, Medea Film Factory)
TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li (DE/NL, Corsofilm)

Generation Kplus
GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Guul (PK/DE/SA, Red Balloon Film)
TEGENWOORDIG HEET IEDEREEN SORRY (HEUTE HEISSEN ALLE SORRY) by Frederike Migom (BE/NL/DE, Cala Film)

Generation 14plus
THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL by Saša Vajda (Vajda Films, Schuldenberg Films)
HOTEL OBLIQUE by Merlin Flügel

Berlinale Shorts
GRAFT VERSUS HOST by Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze (DE/GE)
WITH A KIND REGARD (MIT EINEM FREUNDLICHEN GRUSS) by Pavel Mozhar (Mozhar & Volkmar Film)
UNIDENTIFIED NONFLYING OBJECTS (UNO) (UNIDENTIFIZIERTE UNFLUGOBJEKTE (UUO)) by Sasha Svirsky (Wait A Second!)

Forum
CHRONOS – FLOW OF TIME (CHRONOS – FLUSS DER ZEIT) by Volker Koepp (Vineta Film)
EINAR SCHLEEF – NO GERMANY DID I FIND (EINAR SCHLEEF – ICH HABE KEIN DEUTSCHLAND GEFUNDEN) by Sandra Prechtel (Filmgalerie 451)
EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOISE by Nicolás Pereda (MX/DE)
FLYING TIGERS by Madhusree Dutta (DE/IN, pong Films)
FOREIGN TRAVEL (AUSLANDSREISE) by Ted Fendt (SUPERZOOM Film)
SCENARIO (SZENARIO) by Marie Wilke (ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion)
SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE THEM ALL AT A PARTY (WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT) by Daniela Magnani Hüller (Bildersturm Filmproduktion)
WOMEN AS LOVERS (LIEBHABERINNEN) by Koxi (DE/LX, Btf Produktion, COIN FILM)

Forum Special
LOVE YOUR NAILS! by Narges Kalhor (OASYSDIGITAL)
MEGATRASHWANNABEBIGSTARXD by Ava Leandra Kleber, Elisa Deutloff
MY BROTHER’S WEDDING by Charles Burnett (US/DE)
WOMEN IN BERLIN (FRAUEN IN BERLIN) by Chetna Vora (GDR)

Forum Expanded
EXPRMNTL 4 KNOKKE by Claudia von Alemann, Reinhold E. Thiel
IKI LABORANTIN YORGUN SAATLERI (THE WEARY HOURS OF TWO LAB ASSISTANTS) by Burak Çevik (TR/DE/UK/HR)
KATABASIS by Martin Moolhuijsen (DE/IT)
METANOIA by Bigum + Björge (DE/FI)
MUSCLE by Karimah Ashadu (IT/UK/US/DE/NG)
THE RECCE by Daniel Mann (UK/DE)
THIS SUFFOCATING NOW by Vika Kirchenbauer
THIS DESIRABLE DEVICE by Mina Simendić (RS/DE)
WARNINGS TO THE DISTANT FUTURE (WARNUNGEN AN DIE FERNE ZUKUNFT) by Juliane Jaschnow, Stefanie Schroeder (Juliane Jaschnow, Stefanie Schroeder, PARA Film)

Forum Expanded - Exhibition
BUTTERFLY STORIES: MALAISE II by Laurence Favre (CH/DE)
INDUSTRIES OF DENIAL, STAGE 10: FROM MUSA DAGH TO PORT SAID by Angela Melitopoulos, Kerstin Schroedinger (DE/GR/FI)
THE SUN THAT FELL INTO THE WATER by Lena Kocutar (DE/SI)

Retroperspektive
ALLEMAGNE ANNÉE 90 NEUF ZÉRO (DEUTSCHLAND NEU(N) NULL) by Jean-Luc Godard (FR/DE)
BELLS FROM THE DEEP. FAITH AND SUPERSTITION IN RUSSIA (GLOCKEN AUS DER TIEFE. GLAUBE UND ABERGLAUBE IN RUSSLAND) by Werner Herzog (DE/US)
BERLIN, BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRASSE 1990 by Konstanze Binder, Lilly Grote, Ulrike Herdin, Julia Kunert
EASTERN LANDSCAPE (ÖSTLICHE LANDSCHAFT) by Eduard Schreiber (DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme)
GORILLA BATHES AT NOON by Dusan Makavejev (YU/DE)
IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD by Gabor Steisinger (DEFA-Studio für Animationsfilm)
IN THE SPLENDOUR OF HAPPINESS (IM GLANZE DIESES GLÜCKES) by Johann Feindt, Jeanine Meerapfel, Helga Reidemeister, Dieter Schumann, Tamara Trampe
JOHANNA D’ARC OF MONGOLIA by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Produktion)
LOLA UND BILIDIKID by Kutlug Ataman (Zero Film)
ORANZHEVYE ZHILETY (ORANGE WESTEN) by Yury Khashevatsky (BY/DE, ABC-Studio, Bremer Institut)
PRINCE IN HELL (PRINZ IN HÖLLELAND) by Michael Stock
RUN LOLA RUN (LOLA RENNT) by Tom Tykwer (X Filme Creative Pool)
SECRETS OF A SOUL (GEHEIMNISSE EINER SEELE) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (Neumann-Filmproduktion)
SHORTCUT TO INSTANBUL (SO SCHNELL ES GEHT NACH ISTANBUL) by Andreas Dresen (GDR/DE, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen KONRAD WOLF)
SUNNY POINT by Wolf Vogel (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen der DDR, Spigelfilm)
THE BOARDER GUARD (DER KONTROLLEUR) by Stefan Trampe
VIDEOGRAMME EINER REVOLUTION by Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica (Harun Farocki Filmproduktion, Bremer Institut)

Berlinale Classics
GEHEIMNISSE EINER SEELE by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (Neumann Filmproduktion)
LA KERMESSE HÉROIQUE (CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS) by Jacques Feyder (FR/DE)

Teddy 40
UNA MUJER FANTÁSTICA (EINE FANTASTISCHE FRAU) by Sebastián Lelio (CL/US/DE/ES, Komplizen Film)
LOVE, JEALOUSY AND REVENGE (LIEBE, EIFERSUCHT UND RACHE) by Michael Brynntrup (MBC Filmproduktion)
QUEENS DON’T CRY (TUNTEN LÜGEN NICHT) by Rosa von Praunheim (Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion)
SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN (VERFÜHRUNG: DIE GRAUSAME FRAU) by Elfi Mikesch, Monika Treut (Hyena Films)